Unit4--ReadingⅠ The shortest player in the NBA

Qingtan Middle School -- Yang Jie

Teaching objectives:

1. Students will be able to understand the new words and phrases used in the article;

2. Students can identify achievements, difficulties and actions in different periods of

     Spud’s basketball career;

3. Students can predict from the picture and title;

4. Students can learn efficient reading strategies according to schema theory;

5. Students will be aware of the good qualities that Spud proved to them;

6. Students can learn to deal with difficulties positively and achieve success step by

     step.

   Teaching procedures:

   Pre-reading

   Step1. Watch a short video about Yao Ming

   Step2. Free talk: Talk about Yao Ming

   Step3. Introduce the background of the NBA and teach some necessary words

   Step4. Compare Spud Webb to Yao Ming, arouse students’ interest in Spud Webb

   Step5. Guide students to predict the content of the article from pictures and title

    

   While-reading

   Step1. Skim the text to find out whether the predictions are mentioned in the article

         and decide the correct structure of the text

   Step2. Read the first sentence of each paragraph and get to know the main idea of

         each part

   Step3. Match exercise: choose the correct information for each paragraph and get the

         main idea of the whole article

   Step4. Read para.1 -- What is his big dream?

         Read para.5 -- Did Spud realize his dream at last? When did he join the NBA?

         Read para. 2-4 -- What are the three periods between them?

   Step5. Choose the right achievement for each period

   Step6. Think: What does this picture look like? Can he achieve his success in only

         one day?

   Step7. Read para.2-5, fill in the table which is related to the difficulties and actions

         in different periods

   Step8. Read para.6 -- Why could he achieve success at last?

    

   Post-reading

   Step1. Watch a short video about Spud’s performance in the Slam Dunk Contest

   Step2. Role play: play as the sports announcers

   Step3. Further thinking: What makes a person successful?

   Step4. Give useful suggestions

    

   Homework

   Write a recommendation letter for Spud Webb

    

   附学生学案：

   ** Sports announcers **

   A:Look! Spud Webb is ready to dunk! He looks so confident!

      Do you think he can get the champion today?

   B: _________________________________________.

   A:Wow, Spud dunked perfectly! He did a great job today! When did he join the NBA?

   B: _____________________. He is so short! It's unbelievable! How could he do it?

   A:__________________________________________.

   B:What a great man! I heard he had great success in school!

   A:Yeah. He ___________________________________________________________

   _________________________________________________(Tip:two achievements).

   B:My god! The audience are all cheering for him! So surprised!

   A:Wow! Amazing! He is the _________________!

   B:I think it is his _______________moment in his basketball career.

   A:Of course. He must be the best player of this year!

    

   ** Recommendation letter **

   Dear leaders,

   We are writing to recommend Spud as the best player of this year.

    

   Spud Webb is __________because_________________________________________

   _____________________________________________________________________

   He _____________because_______________________________________________
   _____________________________________________________________________

    

   I hope you think our advice is worth taking.

    

   Yours sincerely

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